(This April 5 story has been corrected to say that Faye succeeded, not defeated, outgoing President Macky Sall, in paragraph 2) DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal has a new government with 25 ministers and ...

With Senegal’s National Assembly – in which the former ruling coalition United in Hope (BBY) still has a majority – due to be dissolved in September, senior members of the former presidential party ...

A year away from the 2024 presidential election in Senegal, the main opposition candidate, Ousmane Sonko, is facing a legal tussle which can only bode ill for the democratic process in this country, ...

DAKAR – Senegal’s top opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, has been released from prison ahead of the presidential election later this month, triggering jubilant celebrations across the country's capital ...

In Senegal, opposition leaders Ousmane Sonko and Bassirou Diomaye Faye have been released from prison ahead of next Sunday’s rescheduled presidential election. Their release comes after outgoing ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal's highest election authority has excluded two top opposition leaders from the final list of candidates for the West African nation’s presidential election next month. The ...

In his first interview with Western media since becoming president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye said the United Nations has to change to reflect changing world demographics. By Ruth Maclean ...

FILE - Senegal's President Macky Sall arrives for the closing session of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, Friday, June 23, 2023 in Paris. Senegalese President Sall declared Monday evening, July 3 ...

Ousmane Sonko, Senegal's top opposition leader, was released from prison ahead of the March 24 election but has been barred from running. Sonko's release energized supporters, with thousands ...

Robert Trujillo is wanted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service in connection to identity and mail theft cases in Harris and Fort Bend counties. Read full article: Rockets decline Fred VanVleet’s ...

Supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko demonstrate for the third consecutive day in Dakar, Senegal, on Thursday, March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Stefan Kleinowitz) DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — ...

Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted Thursday of corrupting youth but acquitted on charges of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor and making death threats against her. The ...